British, French attack helicopters en route to Libya

British and French attack helicopters are headed to Libya in an escalation of the role some Western governments plan to play in the fighting...

Yemen security forces, tribal fighters clash in Sana

Gun battles raged across the capital Monday between government forces and fighters from Yemen's most powerful tribe, prompting fears of...

Yemen peace deal falters

Hundreds of armed supporters of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh trapped Western and gulf diplomats inside an embassy in the capital...

17 Iraqis, 2 U.S. soldiers killed in wave of bombings

At least 17 Iraqis and two U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday in a wave of explosions, mostly in Baghdad, including a suicide bombing attack...

In Egypt, anger grows over Mubarak's health reports

It has been more than three months since former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted and more than a month since he was detained, yet he has...

Yemen opposition signs deal for Saleh's departure

Yemen's political opposition signed an internationally negotiated deal Saturday that lays the groundwork for an end to President Ali...

Netanyahu pushes back on Obama's peace plan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly lectured President Obama on the shortcomings of his plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace...

Syrian troops fire on protesters, 34 killed

Syrian security forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, ignoring international pressure, fired on anti-government protesters, killing at...

Yemen's leader calls for early vote

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday called for early elections, casting into doubt a deal brokered by a regional alliance that...

NATO targets Kadafi vessels at 3 ports

A series of NATO airstrikes on Libyan government vessels left ships burned, battered and sunk in three ports Friday as the alliance sought...

Obama makes a blunt push for Middle East peace

President Obama plunged back into efforts to restart Middle East peace talks, pressuring both sides with a set of U.S. principles that...

Obama hints at shift on Syria

Tucked into President Obama's speech on Arab world policy Thursday were indications of a subtle but important shift regarding the repressive...

Egypt diners watching Obama speech mix distrust with applause

When President Obama appeared on the big-screen TVs at a Pizza Hut overlooking the Nile, the upscale dinnertime crowd shoved aside their...

NATO expects Kadafi's regime to eventually collapse

NATO's top official said Thursday that the air campaign in Libya had seriously damaged Moammar Kadafi's ability to fight and that...

Double bombing in Iraq kills 27, injures dozens

A double bombing killed at least 27 people, almost all of them police officers, and wounded dozens in a parking lot outside the main...

Israel's Barak says Netanyahu must take 'daring' steps toward peace

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that a "daring" peace initiative by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vital to his...

Abbas taking greater risks as he tries again to unify Palestinians

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is back on the tightrope.

U.S. puts sanctions on Syrian president, top aides

Ratcheting up pressure to halt a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the Obama administration for the first time slapped...

Cannes 2011: A personal project for Nadine Labaki

For many filmmakers, the moment of inspiration can be difficult to pin down. Lebanese writer-director Nadine Labaki, however, has...

Al Jazeera journalist, missing in Syria, returned to Qatar from Iran

The mysterious 19-day detention and release of a Seattle journalist in Syria and Iran has underscored the murky security ties that bind...

Obama's upcoming speech will spell out his Mideast rationale

President Obama will seek to define his administration's stance toward the rapid changes in the Middle East and North Africa in a major...

Gas lines and empty roads in an oil-producing nation

Traveling the coastal route from Tunisia to Tripoli, Libya's capital, one thing became clear: One of Africa's largest oil producers has...

Libya official, in Tunisia, may have defected

Mystery surrounded the status Tuesday of Libya's top oil official, Shukri Ghanem, who was in neighboring Tunisia on what authorities in...

Israeli leader's upcoming U.S. trip loses steam

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to embark on a U.S. trip his aides once said would include a "historic" announcement...

Prosecutors seek Kadafi arrest warrant at International Criminal Court

Prosecutors asked judges of the International Criminal Court on Monday to issue arrest warrants for Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi, his son...